3-075-047 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Prince of Wales at Bournemouth, 1890. '1. At the Royal Bath Hotel. 2. Arrival at the Victoria Hospital. 3. Receiving Purses for the Victoria Hospital Fund. 4. At the Cairns Memorial House. 5, Banquet at the Royal Bath Hotel. The sojourn of the Prince of Wales [future King Edward VII] and his son Prince George [future King George V] with Lord and Lady Wimborne, at Canford Manor, Dorsetshire, which was mentioned last week, enabled their Royal Highnesses to visit the towns of Bournemouth and Poole, much to the gratification of the inhabitants; and at Bournemouth, on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Prince of Wales opened the Royal Victoria Hospital, erected to commemorate the Jubilee of the Queen's reign...The Mayor of Christchurch, Mr. J. King, had assembled a large party, including the Mayors of other towns in Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, to be entertained with luncheon at the Royal Bath Hotel, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and was also brilliantly illuminated at night...Their Royal Highnesses [also]...visited the Cairns Memorial House'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.